Winter Springs Commissioner Pam Carroll found dead in her home

Pam Carroll, a Winter Springs city commissioner since 2012, was found dead inside her home Monday night, according to city officials. She was 66.

Carroll also was the editor and publisher of Tuscawilla Today, a monthly magazine that reaches 9,000 residents in the city’s largest neighborhood.

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“She had quite a bit of love for not only the city of Winter Springs, but also for her neighborhood, Tuscawilla,” said Joanne Krebs, a former city commissioner, who served with Carroll.

City officials realized something was wrong, Mayor Charles Lacey said, when Carroll failed to show up for Monday’s commission meeting.

“That was entirely uncharacteristic,” Lacey said Tuesday. “She had never missed a meeting, and she was highly proud of that fact.”

Winter Springs police officers then went to her home on Dyson Drive to check on her and found her lying on the floor unresponsive, according to officials in the city of 35,000.

“There was nothing there that indicated any foul play or gave us any concern,” Police Chief Kevin Brunelle said.

The cause of death was not immediately available.

“The fact that Commissioner Carroll was not present for the start of last night’s Winter Springs City Commission meeting alerted those of us who knew her that something must be wrong,” said a city press release emailed Tuesday announcing Carroll’s death. “Pam will be deeply missed by all of us.”

Carroll earned an associate’s degree in business and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Northeastern University in Boston.

In 1992, she moved to Winter Springs from Boston. Almost immediately after moving into the Seminole County city, she devoted herself to volunteer work. Some of the organizations she devoted her time included Take Stock in Children, Winter Springs Festival of the Arts, the GROWS Literacy Council and the Tuscawilla Homeowners Association.

“She was the epitome of a community-involved person,” Lacey said.

Lacey recalled first meeting Carroll several years ago — before he was elected mayor — when they both served on the board for the Tuscawilla Homeowners Association.